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Margaretta Murphree

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Margaretta Murphree

Birth
DeWitt County, Texas, USA
Death
11 May 1879 (aged 1)
DeWitt County, Texas, USA
Burial
Thomaston, DeWitt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Margaretta was the third of twelve children born to James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) and Lulu Smith (1853-1937). Seven of the children survived to adulthood; five died in infancy, one of those being Margaretta.

Margaretta was born in the house, "Point Evergreen," that her paternal grandfather, Judge David Murphree (1811-1866) had built (completed in 1848). It was located on Prices Creek, near its intersection with the bend of the Guadalupe River between Cuero and Victoria. That area later became part of the Thomaston community which was established in 1872 upon the arrival of the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway's new extension from Victoria.

After Judge Murphree's death in 1866, Margaretta's father, James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) assumed responsibility for management of the family's ranch. After his marriage to Lulu Smith (1853-1939) on 27 Mar 1972, Jim and Lulu continued to live on that ranch and in that house where all 12 of their children were born.

Margaretta was named for her paternal grandmother, Margaretta Patton (1824-1863) who was born in Kentucky in 1824. She and her parents arrived in Texas before the Revolution and settled at Columbia.



Bio furnished by Bob Webb, Find a Grave contributor, #47235753. Two of the sources of the information in the bio are: (1) the 1962 book "A History of DeWitt County," written by Margaretta's sister, the noted DeWitt County historian, Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982), and (2) the 1986 book "Cemetery Records of DeWitt County Vol. I," by Patsy Goebel and Karen McWhorter.
Margaretta was the third of twelve children born to James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) and Lulu Smith (1853-1937). Seven of the children survived to adulthood; five died in infancy, one of those being Margaretta.

Margaretta was born in the house, "Point Evergreen," that her paternal grandfather, Judge David Murphree (1811-1866) had built (completed in 1848). It was located on Prices Creek, near its intersection with the bend of the Guadalupe River between Cuero and Victoria. That area later became part of the Thomaston community which was established in 1872 upon the arrival of the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway's new extension from Victoria.

After Judge Murphree's death in 1866, Margaretta's father, James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) assumed responsibility for management of the family's ranch. After his marriage to Lulu Smith (1853-1939) on 27 Mar 1972, Jim and Lulu continued to live on that ranch and in that house where all 12 of their children were born.

Margaretta was named for her paternal grandmother, Margaretta Patton (1824-1863) who was born in Kentucky in 1824. She and her parents arrived in Texas before the Revolution and settled at Columbia.



Bio furnished by Bob Webb, Find a Grave contributor, #47235753. Two of the sources of the information in the bio are: (1) the 1962 book "A History of DeWitt County," written by Margaretta's sister, the noted DeWitt County historian, Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982), and (2) the 1986 book "Cemetery Records of DeWitt County Vol. I," by Patsy Goebel and Karen McWhorter.

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